Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Born Under a Bad Sign Fear Itself
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Ellen McIlwaine Isn't That So Ellen McIlwaine
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins I'm Sorry Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Reapers Harvest Ukrainian Pops
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins Cry Cry Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
The Revelaires* You're So Wrong You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Cal* Bostic That's All Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Ernie* Smith Everything Crash Skareggae
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Cal* Bostic Excessive Love (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Priscilla* Rollins If You Should Lose Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Dave Gordon & Kay* I Love That Hockey Team I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Country Mcdonald Joe* Young Fellow, My Lad War War War
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Cal* Bostic There You Are Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Three Quarter Promenade Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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